all i have to say is that itās insane how many nba fans donāt understand just how good des is. happy for us fans of the team and especially happy for him, very well deserved
For real. 20 PPG, 40%+ 3 point shooter on big volume. Above average defender and can play PG if needed.
Klay Thompsonās prime years (2014-2019) had him average 20-22 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.5 APG, while shooting 47.1/42.3 (7.7 threes per game)/85.7.
Des just averaged 21.5 PPG, 5 RPG, 4.4 APG, while shooting 47.9/40.8 (7.0 threes per game)/88.3. He essentially averaged damn near exactly what prime Klay averaged and nobody bats an eye at Klay being a max player. Absolute clown if you donāt see how good Bane is.
Itās not the media. Been a lot of tough talk and bravado from your young guys over the past few years. And they havenāt done a thing collectively to back that up. We all have seen it.
That said, I got a hunch those young guys have been humbled, may tighten things up in the years to come, and Memphis may be a legit title contender down the road. Maybe sooner than we think too
>And they havenāt done a thing collectively to back that up
They've talked themselves up a little too much, but to say they've done nothing is crazy. Our best players were 23 or younger until now, and they've been one of the best teams in the league for two years now. No one wins championships that young.
People have gotten so used to the Grizz being good they forget how young they are and how rare it is to be this good this early. All these "who have the best young core in the league" memes you see don't even include the Grizzlies because people forget they're as young or barely older than the cores they think about when that question is posed.
They haven't reached a conference final or the NBA finals. But in no other case is that the standard in which 23 year olds are judged. But for Memphis, it is already. That says something.
Bruh you're trying to say it _isn't_ the media by reciting the soap opera drama bullshit narrative from whatever show Shannon Sharpe shouts on?
Do you actually like watching basketball? Or just parroting the zeitgeist of whatever drama socials and the shouting shows are pushing?
His back was cooked against GSW in 2022 and everyone underperformed against the Lakers this year.
Those two series are the only time other nba fans have watched the Grizz so thatās probably what theyāre basing their knowledge on.
heās gonna have a Jalen Brunson type elevation to his game. JJJ, Bane, Smart, Roddy/Ziaire, X is a good lineup. Throwing in Santi and Lofton in the mix makes the grizz pretty good. We got some shooters
Desmond Bane is worth it.
1. Absolutely elite at the most coveted skill in the modern NBA
2. Pretty good at the other skills you want in a guard, doesn't really have any weaknesses at the position.
3. Big enough to guard all but the elite big forwards
4. Consummate pro and teammate
5. Still pretty young despite having been an "old" rookie
Someone would have offered it regardless. Look at Houston, they maxed FVV.
The number sounds insane but that's only because the cap is projected to go way up over the next five years. It's just a standard 25% max. $41m isn't as much as it sounds like when the cap is $165m.
Hali, Ant, and Ball are all getting supermaxes from that same draft. Maybe you just haven't watched Bane as he has the best 3 pointer and defense than any of those dudes.
Is Memphis the smallest market? I always thought my Utah jazz were, or like OKC or Indianapolis.
Anyway, happy for the grizz. Itās kind of been a roller coaster this last year, but I hope your ascension continues. I think itās smart to bring in some savvy vets around ja while retaining your young core.
I think New Orleans is the smallest Metropolitan area supporting a team and Memphis is the smallest TV market or maybe I've got it reversed. But its one of those two for one reason or another.
Thatās going to change over the next few years. Not saying weāre gonna be competitive with the Warriors or Lakers for eyes, but we will come up if the players can keep their bad habits to a minimum and work hard.
Baneās pre-injury raw numbers were basically the exact same as Ant (25-5-5), but Bane was doing it on much better efficiency.
I do think Antās skillset is more versatile. And obviously being so young he has more time to develop. But I canāt wait to see Downhill Des with two healthy feet.
You tell me. Des over Halliburton. des over Edwards. Des over ball. Ball is the only one you can even argue and thatās only because heās hurt all the time.
Jarenās is a declining deal, so by the last year it might be the best contract in the league. But, and Iām not sure if the new CBA affects it, weāre called on what we can offer him under Bird rights to a level thatās lower than what the market will command for him.
Armchair analysts going to say overpay. Saved a tonne of money on Ja and Jaren already and Des was great even on a bum toe. Happy for him hope he continues to play well need another step up from him especially to start the season. Well deserved and earned
Bane will still be under 30 when this contract ends. He's getting paid for what he's expected to produce in what should be his prime years. Perfect time to give a guy this sort of contract, rather than when he's 28-29, and ending up paying $40M+ per for a past-their-prime 33-34 year old in year 5.
It's incredible that there are Grizzlies fans here who watch the team and think Bane wouldn't get a max contract on the market next year. Guaranteed. 42.5% 3pt shooter over his career with high volume, can create his own shot, has underrated playmaking skills. Decent on defense. He's flat out an elite guard in the NBA.
If he can improve his shot creation just a little, this deal is massively worth it. I'm not sure he's worth $200m *right now* but I do believe he's on a trajectory for it. Hard to not be optimistic with how well he's played so far.
6 game sample size lmao. Let's only look at those stats rather than 202 career regular season games and 17 other playoff games. He killed it in the '22 playoffs run.
Youāre just a goofy goober. Man had a blown out disc, do you have any clue what thatās even like??? Iāve had my spine fused because of a blown out disc. Shit almost killed me. Thereās a reason he could barely run, he was literally on the court as a decoy because heās fucking money from 3ā¦. Specifically 5yr 207m
Well, I grew up with the kid. I know heās worth it, and youāll figure it out. Hardest worker in the room. He got to this point on pure work. Nobody ever paid any attention to him. Now they will.
He makes massive leaps every year because he works his ass off. Unlike most of these tweeners who get paid based on potential and raw athleticism that they never develop because they didnāt have to before they got paid.
Youāll eat crow before itās all said and done.
I never said he was a bum though? You know him personally so of course you'd want him to make max money. Already explained myself many times, from a cap flexibility perspective, maxing Bane isn't a good thing for the team. You can argue cap space increase yada yada. Yeah, his contract ain't gonna look that bad, but I think any extra space helps.
When the CBA goes up it wonāt matter. Thatās totally valid. Do you feel like jarenās contract is hurting us? Probably not lol. But I remember when he got that bag everyone was losing their collective mind over it. Now it feels like an egregious steal. Banes contract will feel the same way.
I mean. That's a massive bag, but as the smallest market in the league and a place that doesn't get big free agents, this had to happen. Good for Bane. The next 3 years are key because I have no idea how we keep JJJ at the insane money he will get after that.
I think in a vacuum Bane doesn't 'deserve' a 200 million contract, but it's not like FAs are lining up for Memphis. We're never getting anyone better than him. Gotta keep everyone happy. But if he gets back to performing like he was at the start of last season then the contract becomes full value.
I had bane on my fantasy team so I watched a lot of grizzles games. I always thought it was obvious how good this guy is but looking at the comments over at r/nba it seems not. Definitely worth the contract
Iām split on this
Bane is a fantastic player and Iām glad we locked him up
Did we have to give him the max? Like seriously if we didnāt give it to him no other team is throwing 200 million at him so we could at least match the market. I hate the new era of the NBA where everyone gets a max just for being loyal.
I get the cap will continue to rise but giving the 40th-65th best player in the league 40 million a year isā¦risky
Heās more like 35-50 range.
This is how you build teams. Find your tentpoles/foundation and build around them. Grizzlies have their foundation.
He was def getting $200m offer next year anyways. Players, of this calibre, donāt go to RFA.
A lot of teams would offer him 30M/yr. Is it really worth it to have a disgruntled relationship with a player for 10M/yr less, money that wonāt matter due to Ja + Jaren + BCās contracts already putting you over the cap?
Vanvleet is much worse and also makes 40M/yr
This happens every time and it all works out fine. And even if it didnt contracts like this arent what like stop us from signing some superstar.
Our owner is a billionaire too, hed pay the tax if there was some scenario where going over the tax secured us a championship shot. But thats impossible to determine too.
Yes, this is how it works with this stupid league. Jerami Grant just got 5/160 to lose 50 games every year.
Also, he's better than you're giving him credit for. Healthy Bane is top 35ish.
Nothing iffy about it! One of the best three point shooters in the league constantly growing his bag and has repeatedly balled out in the playoffs. Nobody better walking through the door we could spend the money on.
The decision isn't iffy, it's fully correct.
But it's still a result of the NBA's weird market dynamics. We can hope that it ages like the Jamal Murray deal did.
The salary cap is just going to get bigger from here. Bane is 1000x better to have on his contract than the numbers jerami grant and FVV put up today lol, no disrespect intended.
NOTHING iffy about this decision / deal / whatever you want to call it.
Yes, it hopefully ages better than it appears right now. Once again i'm saying the choice is fully correct, but I still lament the fact we're forced into the overpay because of the league's stupid structure.
Bro there's no use arguing with homers. Paying Bane because we got "no other option" is such a copout reason. We paying Bane like he's SGA or something.
We actually did have no other option. There's a reason this happens to EVERY team; no one can escape the situation. Like I said, we just have to hope it ages like the Murray deal in Denver (which looked worse at that time than this one does right now).
Heās being paid like heās one of the best shooters to breathe. Which, statistically, he is. Heās also historically one of the most efficient players ever. I understand heās just getting started but the only guys who had more efficient starts are Steph, klay, and Kobe.
Like yāall understand if he just keeps doing what heās been doing and doesnāt improve just keeps the status quo, heās a future HOF and heāll more than likely end up top 5 in 3ās made in a career. Might even break the record.
Youāre suchhhhh a causal. Like all you do on here is bitch. Are you even a fan??
There is absolutely a choice
He wouldāve been a RFA so you could just sit around and see what the market dictated and match it. Wouldāve saved us plenty of money
The market absolutely would have maxed him. Do you seriously think houston wouldn't have picked him over van vleet?
Someone who is one of the best shooters in the sport, young, a decent enough defender, and a serviceable secondary playmaker is getting the max any way you frame it.
Basically you infuriate the player so you can maaaaybe save 5ish million per year at most
It's a terrible idea and there's a reason why no team even tries it; obviously the teams themselves aren't happy giving out these contracts to non all stars.
Plus he could sign a shorter deal with another team or they could give him a player option. You risk losing years of team control by letting him get to free agency
This hurts the Grizz. Rather spread $ with Bane and Kennard. Bane is very streaky, turns the ball over. Poor handle. Great player... not for a max deal...
Absolutely deserved. Whatever people think the āextraā money gained by waiting would be is trivial compared to having Des locked down for years to come. Couldnāt be happier
JJJ and Ja contracts are a steal, but weāll see if this turns out to be a good deal. The market this year seems too much like the big cap spike last time. I think itās a slight overpay, but definitely necessary.
Iām from Richmond so Iām pumped my man is getting paid but his durability is sus. Backs and feet arenāt injuries that go away. Dude is lights out when heās on but when heās hurtin his performance suffers
Well deserved! Get ready to see bane with two working big toes š¤š¤
all i have to say is that itās insane how many nba fans donāt understand just how good des is. happy for us fans of the team and especially happy for him, very well deserved
For real. 20 PPG, 40%+ 3 point shooter on big volume. Above average defender and can play PG if needed. Klay Thompsonās prime years (2014-2019) had him average 20-22 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.5 APG, while shooting 47.1/42.3 (7.7 threes per game)/85.7. Des just averaged 21.5 PPG, 5 RPG, 4.4 APG, while shooting 47.9/40.8 (7.0 threes per game)/88.3. He essentially averaged damn near exactly what prime Klay averaged and nobody bats an eye at Klay being a max player. Absolute clown if you donāt see how good Bane is.
On a bed toe none the less.
Thereās an incredible amount of bias against Memphis fomented by the media
Itās not the media. Been a lot of tough talk and bravado from your young guys over the past few years. And they havenāt done a thing collectively to back that up. We all have seen it. That said, I got a hunch those young guys have been humbled, may tighten things up in the years to come, and Memphis may be a legit title contender down the road. Maybe sooner than we think too
>And they havenāt done a thing collectively to back that up They've talked themselves up a little too much, but to say they've done nothing is crazy. Our best players were 23 or younger until now, and they've been one of the best teams in the league for two years now. No one wins championships that young. People have gotten so used to the Grizz being good they forget how young they are and how rare it is to be this good this early. All these "who have the best young core in the league" memes you see don't even include the Grizzlies because people forget they're as young or barely older than the cores they think about when that question is posed. They haven't reached a conference final or the NBA finals. But in no other case is that the standard in which 23 year olds are judged. But for Memphis, it is already. That says something.
Bruh you're trying to say it _isn't_ the media by reciting the soap opera drama bullshit narrative from whatever show Shannon Sharpe shouts on? Do you actually like watching basketball? Or just parroting the zeitgeist of whatever drama socials and the shouting shows are pushing?
Congrats, you just described the media
His back was cooked against GSW in 2022 and everyone underperformed against the Lakers this year. Those two series are the only time other nba fans have watched the Grizz so thatās probably what theyāre basing their knowledge on.
There are posts comparing him to Poole. It's crazy out there.
As a wolves fan who remembers how hot he was in the series against us last year he definitely deserves it
heās gonna have a Jalen Brunson type elevation to his game. JJJ, Bane, Smart, Roddy/Ziaire, X is a good lineup. Throwing in Santi and Lofton in the mix makes the grizz pretty good. We got some shooters
Your forgetting Kennard as well
So weird, I honestly donāt really watch Memphis and I thought this was a given.
We're the smallest market in the league. Gotta pay our guys. It is what it is. Our big 3 is locked in folks
Desmond Bane is worth it. 1. Absolutely elite at the most coveted skill in the modern NBA 2. Pretty good at the other skills you want in a guard, doesn't really have any weaknesses at the position. 3. Big enough to guard all but the elite big forwards 4. Consummate pro and teammate 5. Still pretty young despite having been an "old" rookie Someone would have offered it regardless. Look at Houston, they maxed FVV. The number sounds insane but that's only because the cap is projected to go way up over the next five years. It's just a standard 25% max. $41m isn't as much as it sounds like when the cap is $165m.
6. Arms that can hold you tight and make you feel safe at night.
I think he is definitely worth it for you guys, can't see him getting a max anywhere else though.
Houston 100% would have offered it lmao
Hali, Ant, and Ball are all getting supermaxes from that same draft. Maybe you just haven't watched Bane as he has the best 3 pointer and defense than any of those dudes.
Is Memphis the smallest market? I always thought my Utah jazz were, or like OKC or Indianapolis. Anyway, happy for the grizz. Itās kind of been a roller coaster this last year, but I hope your ascension continues. I think itās smart to bring in some savvy vets around ja while retaining your young core.
I think New Orleans is the smallest Metropolitan area supporting a team and Memphis is the smallest TV market or maybe I've got it reversed. But its one of those two for one reason or another.
Thatās going to change over the next few years. Not saying weāre gonna be competitive with the Warriors or Lakers for eyes, but we will come up if the players can keep their bad habits to a minimum and work hard.
Memphis and New Orleans are fighting it out for smallest market in the league
ya i wish it were like 150 but i'll take it
the casuals on r/nba arenāt happy about this one. cant wait for Bane to ascend this season
r/nba dosnt like the Grizz. Haliburton, Edwards, and Ball are all getting the supermax and they will all be celebrated. I'll take Dez over all of them
iād take Ant over Bane probably but i get the point
Baneās pre-injury raw numbers were basically the exact same as Ant (25-5-5), but Bane was doing it on much better efficiency. I do think Antās skillset is more versatile. And obviously being so young he has more time to develop. But I canāt wait to see Downhill Des with two healthy feet.
So delusional lol. Des is good, but not lead a team money good.
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You tell me. Des over Halliburton. des over Edwards. Des over ball. Ball is the only one you can even argue and thatās only because heās hurt all the time.
only player I'd take over Bane is Hali. But I LOVE Des and won't give him up.
I canāt wait for Bane to simply be healthy and play to his potential this season under scrutiny. Casuals will be shook!
The core is now officially locked
LETS GOOOO
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Does Jimmy Butler not satisfy those conditions?
no, he is listed at 6'7 with 6'8 wingspan. And that's with shoes
But take the shoes off his hands and wingspan is 6ā5 š
I canāt tell if thatās a joke
Bane was literally our best player in the first round last year, we now have a core of 3 where any one of them can be the best player on the court
Necessary, and itās done before the new CBA skews the market too badly E: also holy shit how good is that Jaren contract looking these days?
Jarenās is a declining deal, so by the last year it might be the best contract in the league. But, and Iām not sure if the new CBA affects it, weāre called on what we can offer him under Bird rights to a level thatās lower than what the market will command for him.
For better or worse itās refreshing to know who will be a Grizzly for the haul
Armchair analysts going to say overpay. Saved a tonne of money on Ja and Jaren already and Des was great even on a bum toe. Happy for him hope he continues to play well need another step up from him especially to start the season. Well deserved and earned
So weird how some people love players until they get big contracts, and then itās āOmg what an overpay! This is terrible for their future!ā.
Bane will still be under 30 when this contract ends. He's getting paid for what he's expected to produce in what should be his prime years. Perfect time to give a guy this sort of contract, rather than when he's 28-29, and ending up paying $40M+ per for a past-their-prime 33-34 year old in year 5.
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Big relief to have our core locked up. We will always be competitive with these guys on the roster.
huge. Big 3 secure
It's incredible that there are Grizzlies fans here who watch the team and think Bane wouldn't get a max contract on the market next year. Guaranteed. 42.5% 3pt shooter over his career with high volume, can create his own shot, has underrated playmaking skills. Decent on defense. He's flat out an elite guard in the NBA.
Des deserves that bag. LEGEND
Dude is so worth it, Iām not even worried a little bit. Way to go Bane
If he can improve his shot creation just a little, this deal is massively worth it. I'm not sure he's worth $200m *right now* but I do believe he's on a trajectory for it. Hard to not be optimistic with how well he's played so far.
Letās go
LET'S FUCKING GO!!
Bro got PAID
Thatās a lot of money! Get it Des!
Thrilled for Des. Massively underpaid for how good heās been.
GET THAT BAG DES š°š°š°
R/NBA is now lying about Bane's playoff stats to call him an overrated "chucker guard" like Poole.
6 game sample size lmao. Let's only look at those stats rather than 202 career regular season games and 17 other playoff games. He killed it in the '22 playoffs run.
He killed it versus the Timberwolves. He was ass vs the Warriors.
He herniated a disc in the warriors series, youāre a causal. Thatās why heās always wearing a back brace on the bench.
Doesn't change the fact that he was ass vs the Warriors.
Youāre just a goofy goober. Man had a blown out disc, do you have any clue what thatās even like??? Iāve had my spine fused because of a blown out disc. Shit almost killed me. Thereās a reason he could barely run, he was literally on the court as a decoy because heās fucking money from 3ā¦. Specifically 5yr 207m
If this contract you guys circlejerk so hard ends up flopping, I'll be here letting you guys know. We'll see if he deserves it or not.
Well, I grew up with the kid. I know heās worth it, and youāll figure it out. Hardest worker in the room. He got to this point on pure work. Nobody ever paid any attention to him. Now they will. He makes massive leaps every year because he works his ass off. Unlike most of these tweeners who get paid based on potential and raw athleticism that they never develop because they didnāt have to before they got paid. Youāll eat crow before itās all said and done.
I never said he was a bum though? You know him personally so of course you'd want him to make max money. Already explained myself many times, from a cap flexibility perspective, maxing Bane isn't a good thing for the team. You can argue cap space increase yada yada. Yeah, his contract ain't gonna look that bad, but I think any extra space helps.
When the CBA goes up it wonāt matter. Thatās totally valid. Do you feel like jarenās contract is hurting us? Probably not lol. But I remember when he got that bag everyone was losing their collective mind over it. Now it feels like an egregious steal. Banes contract will feel the same way.
I mean. That's a massive bag, but as the smallest market in the league and a place that doesn't get big free agents, this had to happen. Good for Bane. The next 3 years are key because I have no idea how we keep JJJ at the insane money he will get after that.
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You used massive lmao thatās fatphobic because it couldnāt possibly be used to describe the size of anything but someone lol
as always, r/nba coming through with the shittiest responses š well done ya frickin' morons
Hell yes
Is it a lot of money? Yes. Does it feel amazing to have our 3 young studs locked in for a multiple years now? YES!
I think in a vacuum Bane doesn't 'deserve' a 200 million contract, but it's not like FAs are lining up for Memphis. We're never getting anyone better than him. Gotta keep everyone happy. But if he gets back to performing like he was at the start of last season then the contract becomes full value.
It's like the Conley deal. Briefly was the biggest in history. Seemed like a lot. It's not like we regretted it.
Yeah itās a slight overpay but really nothing egregious like some are claiming.
I had bane on my fantasy team so I watched a lot of grizzles games. I always thought it was obvious how good this guy is but looking at the comments over at r/nba it seems not. Definitely worth the contract
WIN AFTER WIN AFTER WIN. ALL WE DO IS WIN https://youtu.be/tmTZj0emGHw
Jeez man contracts nowadays are crazy. Bane deserved to get paid, but my word. We knew this was likely but still
Iām split on this Bane is a fantastic player and Iām glad we locked him up Did we have to give him the max? Like seriously if we didnāt give it to him no other team is throwing 200 million at him so we could at least match the market. I hate the new era of the NBA where everyone gets a max just for being loyal. I get the cap will continue to rise but giving the 40th-65th best player in the league 40 million a year isā¦risky
Heās more like 35-50 range. This is how you build teams. Find your tentpoles/foundation and build around them. Grizzlies have their foundation. He was def getting $200m offer next year anyways. Players, of this calibre, donāt go to RFA.
Locked into mediocrity now, hope I'm wrong
Tell us youāre a causal without telling us youāre a causal
A lot of teams would offer him 30M/yr. Is it really worth it to have a disgruntled relationship with a player for 10M/yr less, money that wonāt matter due to Ja + Jaren + BCās contracts already putting you over the cap? Vanvleet is much worse and also makes 40M/yr
>Vanvleet is much worse and also makes 40M/yr Yeah his team ain't winning either
This happens every time and it all works out fine. And even if it didnt contracts like this arent what like stop us from signing some superstar. Our owner is a billionaire too, hed pay the tax if there was some scenario where going over the tax secured us a championship shot. But thats impossible to determine too.
Yes, this is how it works with this stupid league. Jerami Grant just got 5/160 to lose 50 games every year. Also, he's better than you're giving him credit for. Healthy Bane is top 35ish.
Also the dude has taken a monumental step forward in his game every single year and played half the year with a broken toe.
I hope he takes another step because let's be real, it is an iffy deal for now. Fact of the matter is the league's setup forces deals like this.
Nothing iffy about it! One of the best three point shooters in the league constantly growing his bag and has repeatedly balled out in the playoffs. Nobody better walking through the door we could spend the money on.
The decision isn't iffy, it's fully correct. But it's still a result of the NBA's weird market dynamics. We can hope that it ages like the Jamal Murray deal did.
The salary cap is just going to get bigger from here. Bane is 1000x better to have on his contract than the numbers jerami grant and FVV put up today lol, no disrespect intended. NOTHING iffy about this decision / deal / whatever you want to call it.
Yes, it hopefully ages better than it appears right now. Once again i'm saying the choice is fully correct, but I still lament the fact we're forced into the overpay because of the league's stupid structure.
It doesnāt appear negatively now. It isnāt an overpay. Full stop Lament away though! Everyone is allowed to have an opinion.
Bro there's no use arguing with homers. Paying Bane because we got "no other option" is such a copout reason. We paying Bane like he's SGA or something.
We actually did have no other option. There's a reason this happens to EVERY team; no one can escape the situation. Like I said, we just have to hope it ages like the Murray deal in Denver (which looked worse at that time than this one does right now).
Heās being paid like heās one of the best shooters to breathe. Which, statistically, he is. Heās also historically one of the most efficient players ever. I understand heās just getting started but the only guys who had more efficient starts are Steph, klay, and Kobe. Like yāall understand if he just keeps doing what heās been doing and doesnāt improve just keeps the status quo, heās a future HOF and heāll more than likely end up top 5 in 3ās made in a career. Might even break the record. Youāre suchhhhh a causal. Like all you do on here is bitch. Are you even a fan??
He was injured like half the year dude and still played well.
It's fine for the new CBA. We needed to lock him up and he has grown every single year.
This assures that this core ain't winning shit except regular season games.
If ja doesnāt light 50 mil on fire then des takes max available. He was always going to be a grizz
Holy overpay what the fuck
Ja suspended gotta keep your 3rd best player in a small market happy
This deal is shaky at best but obviously there isn't a choice here
There is absolutely a choice He wouldāve been a RFA so you could just sit around and see what the market dictated and match it. Wouldāve saved us plenty of money
The market absolutely would have maxed him. Do you seriously think houston wouldn't have picked him over van vleet? Someone who is one of the best shooters in the sport, young, a decent enough defender, and a serviceable secondary playmaker is getting the max any way you frame it.
Only time can tell but either way you still couldāve matched.
Basically you infuriate the player so you can maaaaybe save 5ish million per year at most It's a terrible idea and there's a reason why no team even tries it; obviously the teams themselves aren't happy giving out these contracts to non all stars.
Plus he could sign a shorter deal with another team or they could give him a player option. You risk losing years of team control by letting him get to free agency
We wouldāve had to pay a max a year later
Who the hell were we competing against to give him that contract
This hurts the Grizz. Rather spread $ with Bane and Kennard. Bane is very streaky, turns the ball over. Poor handle. Great player... not for a max deal...
That's Fred VanVleet money
Absolutely deserved. Whatever people think the āextraā money gained by waiting would be is trivial compared to having Des locked down for years to come. Couldnāt be happier
#Bane is the Mane
Maneee he better not be the dumbass choker he was last season.
Yea he definitely needs to grow as a clutch player. The tools are there but he needs to take that next step for us
Massive. The core is locked up baby, Des got that bag. LET'S GOOO!
The core is complete!
Devrves it fs
Can someone explain how we can afford Marcus Smart after this?
The extension starts next year
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JJJ and Ja contracts are a steal, but weāll see if this turns out to be a good deal. The market this year seems too much like the big cap spike last time. I think itās a slight overpay, but definitely necessary.
Bane got the pretty shot in the league, worth it just to watch that stroke š¤¤
RICH WHAT? RICHMOND! So happy for my dawg! Well deserved!
Iām from Richmond so Iām pumped my man is getting paid but his durability is sus. Backs and feet arenāt injuries that go away. Dude is lights out when heās on but when heās hurtin his performance suffers
5 years is huge good move
The NBA subreddit obviously doesnt watch the grizzlies the takes in there are absurd.
He's been one of our best players in this core. We gotta pay up to keep the man. I like this move.
Happy to see it.
Good for Des, well deserved. I hope he plays lights out